Chamber Singers Celebrate Christmas

The Providence Chamber Singers sang their annual Christmas concert at Santa Anita Church on Saturday night. The name of the evening’s performance was Christmas Past, Christmas Future, celebrating both traditional Christmas music and contemporary arrangements, including the premiere of Dr. Lawrence Mumford’s musical setting for the Magnificat.

Mumford has directed the chamber singers this year, though he’s taught music classes at Providence for several years. He has brought a wide and rich appreciation for music to the Providence music classes and that was evident on Saturday. The repertoire included everything from Michael Praetorious to the jazz chords that set the tone for his original composition. The program included an instrumental version of What Child is This, featuring Laurelinda Larkins ’13 on flute.

The concert featured pieces by Mozart and Antonio Lotti and concluded with excerpts from A Ceremony of Carols by Benjamin Britten who was born 100 years ago, next year.

As the music department looks ahead to next semester, Providence is excited to welcome Christina Bristow to the adjunct faculty. She’ll be teaching private voice lessons.

“Liberal arts is a conversation through which we obtain wisdom. True wisdom, then, founded in the fear and love of the Lord, engenders a desire for a deeper knowledge and love of one another, teaches us and aids us in forgiving and reconciling with one another and encourages us to explore together the limitless implications of our redeemed existence on this earth.”

Danielle D.

Class of 2015

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